{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2000/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2000/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2326",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Renewal of residence permit",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and to regulations 20 and 22(2), a residence permit must be renewed on application.\n(2) On the occasion of the first renewal of a worker’s residence permit the validity may be limited to one year if the worker has been involuntarily unemployed in the United Kingdom for more than one year.\n(3) In the case of a student whose first residence permit is limited to one year by virtue of regulation 18(5), renewal may be for periods limited to one year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2326/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:33:45.002761+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}